#93 Regretting You

Regretting You by Colleen Hoover

Regretting You is my 9th book by Colleen Hoover, i usually dont reach for contemporary but i love Colleen Hoover's darker elements to her books and this one was no different. The book follows Morgan and Clara who are mother and daughter. Morgan was a teen mum and had Clara at 17, the story is told mostly in present tense but you also get a few chapters from Morgan as a teen. The book is told in alternating character chapters. Morgan and Clara are very different and dont always see eye to eye the one thing that holds them together is Chris, Morgans husband and Claras father. When Chris is killed in a car accident Morgan and Clara are left with their grief and their relationship hits rock bottom. Clara meets a boy called Miller that her family dont approve off but she cant help but be drawn to him which only worsens her relationship with her mother. Chris' childhood best friend Jonah is also a significant part of this story, at the beginning of the story Jonah has just fathered a child with Morgans sister Jenny. 

I really enjoyed Morgans chapters, i could really relate to her and found her feelings to be conflicting and raw. It was so difficult to read at points. Clara's chapters on the other half really brought my enjoyment level down, i know it is written in the perspective of a sixteen year old but my god was she a whiny little brat. I think this would have been a 5 star read if it had been told in just Morgans perspective. It also would have been really interesting to have read from Jonahs perspective. Clara was just too much, i was probably a brat at that age too but it just did my head in, maybe im getting too old to read a teenagers stream of consciousness? When did i get to the age where i agree with the mum more than the teenager! 

The book mainly focuses on grief and the reparation of a mother/daughter relationship. i struggled with it a bit, i have a daughter myself (albeit shes only 2) but i was cringing at the thought of me every being in that sort of predicament, ive obviously never raised a teenager so the thought is utterly terrifying. Clara and Millers relationship was a bit mushy for me and felt a tiny bit filler. I just wanted to read the story of a family dynamic after a devastating loss and i did get that but only in Morgans chapters, it really annoyed me that Clara cared more about her new boyfriend and pissing her mum off that her dads death. 

Overall i gave this book 3 stars, i loved the surprising twist (i didn't see it coming at all!) and i loved Morgan and Jonahs interactions. It was well written as always, i love Colleen Hoovers writing.